SLY-GROG SELLING.
per press association.
Ashburton, November 4
Tbomce Jo eph Williams was fined £2O to-day for sly-grog selling. The defence was that he kept beer for his own use and that of bis friends. Magistrate Wray, in t/iving judgment, said defendant was evidently in poor circumstances, and could not afford to pay 80s a week for beer. While there was no direct evidence of sale, the circumstances were very suspicious.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 1886, 5 November 1904, Page 5
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71SLY-GROG SELLING. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 1886, 5 November 1904, Page 5
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